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Jamie L. LaReau Detroit Free Press Published 4:48 PM EDT Mar 19, 2019 Canada's autoworker union, Unifor, is suspending its aggressive campaign against General Motors, saying it's started talks to save jobs at doomed Oshawa Assembly Plant. Unifor President Jerry Dias met with senior GM leaders Tuesday "to find ways to |preserve jobs in Oshawa," Unifor said in a media statement. “I am much more confident today than I was a month ago that together we will find a resolution,” said Dias in a statement. “While some of our members qualify for retirement, others need ongoing good paying jobs to support their families. We are committed to work with GM to find solutions for both.” GM confirms it is in "ongoing discussions" with Unifor, "regarding how best to support our employees in Oshawa. We won’t have much comment beyond that as we continue discussions," said GM spokesman David Paterson. Unifor said it began … [Read more...] about General Motors, Unifor enter negotiations to save jobs in Canada

TORONTO (Reuters) - Jerry Dias, the leader of Canada’s auto union, is unsparing in his rhetorical attacks on General Motors Co’s decision to close its Oshawa, Ontario, assembly plant and lay off thousands of union workers by year-end. Unifor national president Jerry Dias addresses General Motors assembly workers and supporters protesting GM's announcement to close its Oshawa assembly plant during a rally across the Detroit River from GM's headquarters, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada January 11, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook But when it comes to action, Unifor’s president has been far more circumspect. Dias promised “drastic measures” to compel GM to extend production of sedans and pickups, including the Silverado, to Sept. 21, 2020, when the current labor contract expires. For more than a century, GM’s complex in Oshawa, a city east of Toronto, has been an economic engine for Ontario and Canada, anchored by thousands of highly paid … [Read more...] about Canadian auto union faces Catch-22 in General Motors fight

Jamie L. LaReau Detroit Free Press Published 12:42 PM EST Jan 25, 2019 Canada's autoworker union, Unifor, wants consumers to boycott buying any General Motors vehicles built in Mexico. "If it starts with 3, it's not for me," said Unifor President Jerry Dias during a press conference Friday morning as his union continued its fight against GM's decision to close an Ontario assembly plant. He said GM cars with a vehicle identification number starting with "3" means it was built in Mexico. Dias is also scheduled to meet with the UAW the first week in February to discuss how the U.S. union might team up with Unifor to challenge GM's decision to idle five factories in North America this year. Collateral damage GM ships more than 600,000 vehicles a year, valued at $20 billion, to Canada from the United States, said Dias. But he did not have a breakdown of how many are built in Mexico. In a statement, GM said, if successful, Unifor's … [Read more...] about Canada’s Unifor wants boycott of GM cars made in Mexico

Unifor President Jerry Dias is asking Canadians and Americans to boycott Mexico-made General Motors vehicles in protest of the automaker’s decision to close its Oshawa Assembly plant northeast of Toronto. “We have done everything possible to avoid making this decision,” Dias said Friday at a news conference. He isn’t calling for a total boycott because he represents members in Ingersoll, Ont., where the Chevrolet Equinox is assembled and in St. Catharines, Ont., where the company operates a propulsion plant. “But as GM has choices, Canadian and American consumers have choices,” Dias said. “We’re asking Canadians to stand up to General Motors.” Dias said it’s easy for consumers to determine which vehicles are built in Mexico. “If the VIN starts with a three, that vehicle is not for me,” Dias said. General Motors’ Mexican plants currently assemble the Chevrolet Cruze, Blazer, Equinox, Trax and Silverado … [Read more...] about Unifor’s Dias urges boycott of GM’s Mexico-made vehicles

Things are starting to get truly ugly between Canada’s Unifor and General Motors. On Friday, the union held a rally in Windsor, Ontario, with that automaker’s headquarters just a river away. During the event, Unifor President Jerry Dias expressed his annoyance with the automaker’s restructuring plan and promised to bring the noise to GM’s front door during the North American International Auto Show this week. Friday’s gathering, which Unifor and the Windsor and District Labour Council claimed drew around 2,000 people despite its brevity, focused primarily on the company’s decision to shift more of its North American production to Mexico and the shuttering of Oshawa Assembly and the end of this year. Dias said he wants the union to work with the automaker to keep Canadian jobs and avoid a potential boycott. Though that might be just around the corner, as the UAW has already issued a boycott of its own within the United States. UAW Vice President … [Read more...] about Unifor Planning to Protest General Motors at Detroit Auto Show, UAW Boycotts Blazer